GS2 · 10 marks · 150 words

Discuss the key function of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). What steps should be taken to revamp the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in order to enhance its effectiveness as a true guardian of public funds?

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Syllabus: Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.

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Public Account Committee (PAC) is one of the permanent financial committees of Indian Parliament. It has 22 members.

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Key Functions of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) :-

(1) Examining the appropriation account and finance account of the Centre.

(2) Checking if the disbursed funds was used by the designated authority or not.

(3) Recommending the issues of financial propriety that can be followed by the state.

(4) Examining the CAG report on the above issues.

Steps to be taken to revamp PAC are :-

(1) Increasing support of CAG in technical nature of the reports.

(2) The recommendation of the committee must be made binding on the government.

(3) The surveillance of the PAC must be continuous rather than in nature of post-mortem.

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These steps would help in making PAC an effective group for financial propriety of the centre.

Structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers, privileges and committees.